ISSN:
1089-7674
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Much attention has been focused on the saturation of stimulated Raman scattering by the decay of its daughter waves. This research has almost exclusively dealt with the decay of the daughter Langmuir wave into secondary Langmuir waves and ion acoustic waves. In this Letter, the decay of the Raman driven electromagnetic wave into two Langmuir waves, two-plasmon decay, is discussed for the first time. It is shown that based on the stimulated Raman scattering reflectivity levels measured in experiments, this instability should be present in current laser–plasma experiments. In addition, experimental signatures of this process are discussed. © 2000 American Institute of Physics.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.874174
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